LIVE NOW: @korea.csis.org discusses South Korean President Lee’s first 100 days in office, the implications of his foreign policies for extended deterrence, U.S.–ROK and U.S.–North Korea engagement, and more. Listen in: www.csis.org/events/impos...

Monday, October 6, 2025 │ 9:00-11:00 AM ET Join @geopolitics.csis.org experts for the launch of a new @csis.org compendium on the ways U.S. allies and partners have responded to the Trump administration. Register here: www.csis.org/events/responding-trumps-new-foreign-policy-paradigm

Monday, October 6, 2025 │ 9:00-11:00 AM ET Join @geopolitics.csis.org experts for the launch of a new @csis.org compendium on the ways U.S. allies and partners have responded to the Trump administration. Register here: www.csis.org/events/responding-trumps-new-foreign-policy-paradigm

It's @brookings.edu day @csis.org In this episode of the Impossible State, we discussed the growing cooperation among the autocratic countries of China, Russia, and North Korea as they push back against U.S. influence and the U.S.-led international order. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=MgpV...

Kim Jong Un is in a much stronger position than when Donald Trump last wooed him

It's @brookings.edu day @csis.org In this episode of the Impossible State, we discussed the growing cooperation among the autocratic countries of China, Russia, and North Korea as they push back against U.S. influence and the U.S.-led international order. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=MgpV...

TOMORROW | @korea.csis.org experts discuss growing cooperation among China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran, and the future of U.S.-led international order. Join the event moderated by CSIS's @victordcha.bsky.social: www.csis.org/events/impos...

President Lee Jae Myung’s administration released their “Five-Year National Strategy Framework,” outlining its foreign policy agenda. 📌Here is a summary of Lee's foreign policies that were finalized today. To learn more read from page 173 of 이재명정부 123대 국정과제 nsp.nanet.go.kr/plan/main/de...

On the latest episode of The Impossible State, @korea.csis.org discusses the last month of major diplomatic events in China, the growing alignment of hostile actors, and what these developments mean for the Korean Peninsula, the U.S. and allies, and more. Listen here: www.csis.org/podcasts/imp...

LIVE NOW: @korea.csis.org hosts a timely discussion on China's recent major diplomatic events and its engagement with North Korea and Russia, featuring former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Ely Ratner. Watch here: www.csis.org/events/impos...

TODAY at 11:00 AM @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social hosts Ely Ratner and Scott Snyder for a conversation on: ▪️SCO Summit ▪️Victory Day Parade ▪️Xi-Putin-Kim meeting ▪️Kim Ju Ae ▪️Axis of Upheaval ▪️Pacific Defense Pact Watch here: www.csis.org/events/impos...

Live now! Kim Jong-un, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin met in Beijing last week for the Victory Day parade. @csis.org @sydseiler.bsky.social, Mark Lippert, Harry Harris and Daniel Kritenbrink unpack what this means.

This Friday, @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social hosts Ely Ratner and Scott Snyder for a conversation on: ▪️SCO Summit ▪️Victory Day Parade ▪️Xi-Putin-Kim meeting ▪️Kim Ju Ae ▪️Axis of Upheaval ▪️Pacific Defense Pact Watch here: www.csis.org/events/impos...

Kim Jong-un, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin met in Beijing last week for the Victory Day parade. @csis.org @sydseiler.bsky.social, Mark Lippert, Harry Harris and Daniel Kritenbrink unpack what this means. Watch here: www.csis.org/events/kim-x...

Our new @erep.csis.org brief w/@geopolitics.csis.org: Are China, Russia, Iran & North Korea forming a true economic bloc? CRINK ties are growing, driven by Beijing & Moscow, through trade,energy,dual-use tech. But integration is uneven, and China still hedging its bets. www.csis.org/analysis/cri...

New excellent @csis.org brief by @erep.csis.org @geopolitics.csis.org colleagues @msnegovaya.bsky.social, Nicholas Fenton and Tina Dolbaia on CRINK economic ties, where they found uneven patterns of collaboration. Here are some of their key findings 🧵

Join us now on the @csis.org Capital Cable with @victordcha.bsky.social, Mark Lippert, @philuck.bsky.social and Gen. Vincent Brooks discuss South Korean president Lee Jae Myung's visit to Washington. Watch here: www.csis.org/events/what-...

At 6:15 p.m., @korea.csis.org welcomes South Korean President Lee Jae Myung for an address at CSIS on foreign policy and United States-Korea relations, his first foreign policy address abroad. Watch the address here: www.csis.org/events/state...

HAPPENING NOW! @csis.org Korea Chair welcomes South Korean President Lee Jae Myung for an address at CSIS on foreign policy and United States-Korea relations, his first foreign policy address abroad. WATCH NOW: www.csis.org/events/state...

Tomorrow at 6:15 PM, @csis.org welcomes South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to deliver an address on foreign policy and United States-Korea relations, his first foreign policy address abroad. Watch below 🔽

Trump went into a long detour about visiting China (when asked about meeting Kim Jong Un), but there was an interesting brief exchange where Trump and Lee joked about visiting China together.

Asked whether he'd want to meet with Kim Jong Un this year, Trump says it's hard to say -- he has a lot of world leaders to meet with -- but would like to meet with Kim this year. "I think he has a country of great potential," Trump says of Kim and North Korea

Trump doesn't answer whether he'd move troops from South Korea -- says "I feel very warmly toward South Korea" -- but says he wants U.S. ownership, rather than lease, over the land where U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea.

Lee going in for a topic Trump loves -- meeting with Kim Jong Un. Lee: "I hope you will usher in a new era of peace on the Korean peninsula." Trump: "I will do that."

Trump says he has a great relationship with Kim Jong Un, says Lee is "more prone" to resolving issues w/North Korea "than any other leader" Trump has worked with from South Korea. (What about Moon Jae-in, who's dedicated his career to unification and engagement with North Korea...)

Trump-Lee Oval Office meeting has begun. Lee really leaning into flattery. He compliments the gold decoration, Dow near-record highs, American "renaissance," America as peacemaker under Trump, hopes Trump starts diplomacy w/North Korea & builds Trump Tower there and Lee can play golf w/Trump there.

Tomorrow at 6:15 PM, @csis.org welcomes South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to deliver an address on foreign policy and United States-Korea relations, his first foreign policy address abroad. Watch below 🔽

On August 25, @korea.csis.org welcomes South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to deliver an address at CSIS on foreign policy and United States-Korea relations, his first foreign policy address abroad. Watch the address here: www.csis.org/events/state...

NEW: CRINK’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, mapped. From drones to artillery shells to trade in dual-use tech, China, Russia, Iran & North Korea are deepening military cooperation. 🔍 Full breakdown & more via @geopolitics.csis.org: www.csis.org/special-init... cc: @victordcha.bsky.social

8/18 9:30 AM ET | SAVE THE DATE: Join us for a special Impossible State podcast hosted by @victordcha.bsky.social with @sydseiler.bsky.social and William Reinsch, previewing the upcoming U.S.–Korea summit. What’s on the agenda for Lee and Trump? 🔗: www.csis.org/events/impos...

Now Hiring: Fall 2025 Interns! Join @csis.org Office of the Korea Chair and gain hands-on experience in Korean policy. Applications due 8/13. 🔗: careers.csis.org/opportunitie...

📅 150+ entries and counting. Track the evolving North Korea–Russia relationship with our up-to-date cooperation timeline via our Beyond Parallel database. Link: beyondparallel.csis.org/timeline-of-...

8/18 9:30 AM ET | SAVE THE DATE: Join us for a special Impossible State podcast hosted by @victordcha.bsky.social with @sydseiler.bsky.social and William Reinsch, previewing the upcoming U.S.–Korea summit. What’s on the agenda for Lee and Trump? Register: www.csis.org/events/impos...

🔴 LIVE ON AIR | U.S.–South Korea Trade Deal: Who Wins? Join @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social, @philuck.bsky.social, William Reinsch & Kyunghyang Daily's Yoojin Kim for a timely episode of The Impossible State. 🧵 Live takeaways below:

🚨 15 MIN TO GO | U.S.–South Korea Trade Deal: Who Wins? Join @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social, @philuck.bsky.social William Reinsch & Kyunghyang Daily's Yoojin Kim for a timely episode of The Impossible State on the July 30 trade deal and its impact on key sectors.

South Korea’s foreign aid policy is facing an identity crisis, as anti-corruption probes into Yoon-era projects collide with Pres. Lee's ambitions for cultural soft power, writes @seungminryu.com for @thediplomat.com. Read more on Seoul’s evolving recipient-turned-donor, middle-power diplomacy:

What do we know so far about the trade deals with: - South Korea - European Union - Philippines - Japan - Indonesia - Vietnam - United Kingdom See below 🔽 Read more here: www.csis.org/analysis/sou...

Each side can claim some victories from the U.S.-ROK trade deal reached on July 30, writes @korea.csis.org. Read more on the new deal: www.csis.org/analysis/sou...

🔴LIVE ON AIR | U.S.-South Korea Shipbuilding and Maritime Dispute with China | The Capital Cable #118 Featuring Adm. (ret.) Scott H. Swift, Mark Lippert & @victordcha.bsky.social. WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzOf... 🧵Live takeaways below:

"Each side can claim some victories. Pres. Lee succeeded in reducing tariffs on auto exports to the US, which was a top priority. Pres. Trump could flash a big foreign investment number for US industry," say @victordcha.bsky.social & @andysaulim.com Could there have been a better deal? What's next?

As expected, today’s trade deal is only one of the many trade hurdles ROK will face vis-a-vis the US under Trump. Negotiations on NTBs in agriculture screening and automobile safety to continue, according to the ROK delegation.

What we know about the U.S.-Korea trade deal? - 15% tariffs on goods - 15% tariffs on autos/auto parts - $350 billion investment ($150b in shipbuilding) - Unchanged 50% for aluminum/steel/copper - Future lowest rate on chips/pharma - No rice/beef market opening Lee Jae Myung to visit in 2 weeks

It's finally happening! Our new book on Chinese economic coercion, its weaponization of trade & how can countries fight back through collective resilience is coming out in January 2026. Written with @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social and Ellen Kim. More here: cup.columbia.edu/book/chinas-...

What has North Korean given to Russia to support its war in Ukraine? @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social explains in this video and with the infographic below. Watch Here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJu6...

US-South Korea Trade Deal and Alliance Modernization? Live in 90 mins! @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social and @sydseiler.bsky.social discuss this and more for the newest episode of The Impossible State. Watch here: www.csis.org/events/impos...

US-South Korea Trade Deal and Alliance Modernization? Live in 90 mins! @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social and @sydseiler.bsky.social discuss this and more for the newest episode of The Impossible State. Watch here: www.csis.org/events/impos...

What has North Korean given to Russia to support its war in Ukraine? @csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social explains in this video and with the infographic below. Watch Here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJu6...